A Method for providing a trusted feedback (8, 80) in an access network (1) is described, wherein a real time service monitor (7, 70) for real time monitoring the quality of service provided to at least one user (4, 40) by a server (3, 30) via the access network (1) is placed in an access multiplexer (2, 20) being the last part of the access network (1) towards the user (4, 40), wherein the real time service monitor (7, 70) is sending a trusted feedback signal (8, 80) from the access multiplexer (2, 20) at least back to the server (3, 30), which signal (8, 80) comprises real time information about the quality of service passing through the access multiplexer (2, 20), plus an access network (1) comprising at least one data link connecting at least one access multiplexer (2, 20) being the last part of the access network (1) towards at least one user (4, 40) with a core network or at least one server (3, 30) providing a service (6, 60) to the user (4, 40) connected to the access network (1) via the access multiplexer (2, 20) is described, wherein a real time service monitor (7, 70) is arranged in the access multiplexer (2, 20) providing real time monitoring of the quality of service passing through the access multiplexer (2, 20), wherein the real time service monitor (7, 70) provides a trusted feedback signal (8, 80) to the server (3, 30) comprising information about the quality of service in real time, plus an access multiplexer (2, 20) adapted to receive a multimedia signal (6, 60) from a multimedia provider (3, 30) and to forward at least part of said multimedia signal (6, 60) to at least one user (4, 40) is described wherein said access multiplexer (2, 20) comprises a real-time service monitor (7, 70) adapted to collect information about the multimedia signal (6, 60) passing the access multiplexer (2, 20) and being transmitted between said multimedia provider (3, 30) and a particular user (4, 40).
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1. Method for providing a trusted feedback in an access network, the method comprising: monitoring in real time, at a real time service monitor, a quality of service, the quality of service provided to at least one user by a server via an access network, the real time service monitor placed in an access multiplexer that is a last part of the access network before the at least one user; and sending, at a real time service monitor, a trusted feedback signal from the access multiplexer to the server, the trusted feedback signal including real time information about the quality of service passing through the access multiplexer.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: dynamically changing, using the trusted feedback signal, settings of at least the server if a change in the quality of service passing through the access multiplexer is detected by the real time service monitor.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: dynamically changing, using the trusted feedback signal, settings of at least the access network if a change in the quality of service passing through the access multiplexer is detected by the real time service monitor.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: dynamically changing, using the trusted feedback signal, a billing of service provided to the user by the server according to a change in the quality of service passing through the access multiplexer and detected by the real time service monitor.
5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising: making a conclusion, using the trusted feedback signal, about a quality of an untrusted end-to-end feedback between the user and the server.
6. An access network comprising: at least one data link connecting at least one access multiplexer with at least one of a core network and at least one server, the at least one server providing a service to a user connected to the access network via the access multiplexer, the at least one access multiplexer being the last part of the access network before the user, a real time service monitor arranged in the access multiplexer, the real time service monitor (i) providing real time monitoring of a quality of service passing through the access multiplexer, and (ii) providing a trusted feedback signal to the server, the trusted feedback signal including information about the real time quality of service.
7. The access network according to claim 6 , wherein the trusted feedback signal is used to dynamically change settings of at least one of the server and the access network when the quality of service changes.
8. The access network according to claim 6 , wherein the trusted feedback is used for dynamically changing billing of services provided to the user by the server when the quality of service changes.
9. The access network according to claim 6 , wherein the trusted feedback is used for making a conclusion about a quality of an untrusted end-to-end feedback between the user and the server.
10. An access multiplexer configured to receive a multimedia signal from a multimedia provider and to forward at least part of said multimedia signal to at least one user, the access multiplexer comprising: a real-time service monitor configured to collect information about the multimedia signal (i) passing the access multiplexer and (ii) being transmitted between a multimedia provider and a particular user.
11. The access Multiplexer according to claim 10 , wherein the multimedia signal is transmitted according to a Real-Time Protocol (RTP), such that an end-to-end service information is derived from the Real-Time Transport Protocol, the end-to-end service information including at least RTP/RTCP information.
12. The access Multiplexer according to claim 10 , wherein the Access Multiplexer is a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer belonging to an access network.
13. The access Multiplexer according to claim 10 , wherein the real time service monitor makes end-to-end service information available to at least one other devices.
14. The access Multiplexer according to claim 13 , wherein one of the at least one other devices is a multimedia server.
15. The access Multiplexer according to claim 14 , wherein the multimedia signal is a video stream, and the multimedia server is a video server.
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